Replica of the prisoners
barracks. Unlike Andersonville, where Union prisoners were forced
to find their own shelter, Confederate prisoners where housed in wooden
barracks

Since Fort Delaware was an active
coastal defense fortification, the prison camp was actually outside of
the Fort on the grounds to the North. Only high ranking prisoners
(Confederate Gen. Archer) were kept within the forts walls. These
series of photos show the prison grounds.

Prison grounds
from the north wall of Fort Delaware. The ground was covered with
wooden buildings. There were also canals that criss-crossed the
island to control flooding. The prison camp extended well beyond
the tree line in the distance

Northern
boundary of the prison camp taken from well within the tree line in the
previous photo